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Prove the following.

tan4θ + tan2θ = sec4θ - sec2θ

Taking LHS


tan4θ + tan2θ


= tan2θ( tan2θ + 1)


= (sec2θ - 1)(sec2θ) [1 + tan2θ = sec2θ]


= sec4θ - sec2θ


= RHS


Proved !


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